On behalf of the Direction and the Scientific Committee of the Master’s in Graphic Design and Editorial Projects—our MDGPE—I want to welcome you to what is now your home as well: the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Porto. I’d like to start by thanking you for choosing this master’s program and congratulating… Continue reading 2025 Welcome Note from the Master’s Program Director
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Student Distinctions at IJUP 2025
The Master in Graphic Design and Editorial Projects (MDGPE) is proud to announce that two of our students, Rita Melo and Bruno Barros, have been honored with distinguished awards at the 2025 edition of the Young Research Meeting of the University of Porto (IJUP). Their outstanding work, presented in the Arts category, captivated the audience… Continue reading Student Distinctions at IJUP 2025
IJUP 2025
Celebrating a Growing, Engaged Academic Community in the 18th edition of IJUP – Encontro de Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto —the annual Young Researchers Meeting of the University of Porto. This year the event counted with the participation of dozens of students from FBAUP, from the MDIP, MIEI, MDI and especially from the MDGPE… Continue reading IJUP 2025
The potential of design expression in the field of mental health
The potential of design expression in the field of mental health:Development of a conceptual variable display typeface to raise awareness about eating disorders.Joana Teixeira Online campaign + digital font + typographic specimen Leveraging the expressive power of typography, a variable typeface was developed to subtly reflect some of the sensations and characteristics of living with… Continue reading The potential of design expression in the field of mental health
Reinventing academic access
Reinventing academic access: design, digitalization, and dialogue at U. Porto Press and in the journal Espaço Público/Public SpaceFrancisca Fradinho Alves The digital era has profoundly transformed the field of academic publishing. In addition to democratizing access to knowledge, it requires adapting content for online formats and reinventing graphic design practices to meet new demands for… Continue reading Reinventing academic access
The potential of graphic industry waste
The potential of graphic industry waste reused in visual and experimental practices of graphic design.Catarina Santos Costa Ferreira Spolia (Latin: “spoils”; spolium) is a term used to describe the process of removing stones from old buildings and monuments in ruins to reuse them in new constructions and for decorative purposes. Originating from architecture, the term… Continue reading The potential of graphic industry waste
Experimental Poetry 3
Experimental Poetry 3Independent publishing in the poetic experimentalism of the 1960sBruna Sousa The Experimental Poetry 3 project aims to recreate and continue the publication Experimental Poetry, anthological notebooks 1 and 2, from 1964 and 1966, respectively. PO.EX was not only a publication but also an avant-garde movement, solidified during the 1960s by a group of… Continue reading Experimental Poetry 3
Ukrainian Findings
Ukrainian FindingsAnastasiia Zavalniuk Ukrainian Findings is a retrospective of 20th-century Ukrainian graphic art, featuring works by prominent artists who worked in styles such as Ukrainian Baroque, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Constructivism, Modernism, and Brutalism. The exhibition highlights unique examples of the Ukrainian Cyrillic alphabet, particularly those that have remained unchanged since the reform of Peter… Continue reading Ukrainian Findings
Figurado in the Figurative Sense
Figurado no sentido figuradoAna Leite The history of Figurado ceramics catches a ride with the Earth’s continuous movement. On the potter’s wheel, this earth spins, and in the trance of this rotation, as the hands and clay get to know each other, we see a reflection of what we were and what we are, converging… Continue reading Figurado in the Figurative Sense
Transmedia Storytelling and the Audience Experience
Transmedia Storytelling e a Experiência do Público: Relatório de Estágio no Estúdio Nor267Beatriz Martinez The report documents the four-month internship at Nor267 — Design and Communication studio and delves into the concept of Transmedia Storytelling, specifically the interactions between multiplatform narratives and audience experience. The implementation of new technologies in multiplatform projects and the internship… Continue reading Transmedia Storytelling and the Audience Experience